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* - * r ' . W v r T r . ^1 ^^uiij ^el semi- j ^ [j"^^ 1 ; J_ ' ' J _ l||, jg - I L. M. gbists sons. Pubiith.rk % jfamilg Jfrmspaper: dfor ih$ promotion oj( fh$ political, ?qial, Jgririiltoipl and Commercial gnter^sts oj <h$ fjeopfy ter^S^??mct.E^Nc^7o^ ' | ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., TUESDAY. MARCH 28, 1922. , Np. 35 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS ' . <t'.9 ^ x ,f Brie! Local Paragraphs ol lore o Less Interest. I PICKED or BI ENQOIUEK BEPOBTEB! 8tories Conoernjng Folk# and Thlngi 8ome of Which You Know ant Soma You Don't Know?Condense! For Quick Reading. F.ali Better Qver It. ? "Well, now I Just dldift. I came Ir my Ford, end I came without any trouble, too," said Supervisor Brown last Friday when asked if he had beer walking to town again. That worried iook tne superv isor nm been carrying, lo, these many weeks was about gone, and he was actually smiling. Of course that old King's Mountain road had something to do with it, Views and Interviews thought, and it so turned out. "Yes, we are getting her sanded now," the supervisor said. "It's the first chance we have had for a long time and we are going after It I have had twenty wagons on the Job and they have been working with a regularity and precision that would do your heart good. I have been staying around there watching them by the hour. "No. we will hardly get through tomorrow; but we have improved con anions wonaenuny ana u we w?a in another day without more rain, we will be safe." Where the Liquor C. mem From. Had a talk last Saturday afternoon with officers whose business it is to do what they can to run down the liquor traffic in York county. "How about the liquor that comes into Yorkville? Where does it come from?" "I wish I could answer that question. If I could I could sleep better at night." "Well, surely you know something about it?" "From the beet information I have there is not a great deal of liquor coming to this place. Sometimes there will be as much as four or five gallons in & day and sometimes none. It is brought here mainly in automobiles, buggies, suit cases, hip pockets, and sometimes smuggled by freight and express, and sometimes by parcels post. I have no positive Information about parcels post receipts at this office; but I have heard of It at other places. That comes from Charleston or Savannah, and is usually shipped under circumstances that would Involve neither the consignor1 or consignee in case of discovery. "There are people who run liquor Into this town in automobiles and of course they find ready sale for It. I know some of the people who are doing this; but the trouble la in catching them?knowing just when to seize their cars.. There are people, too, who go after their own liquor In automobiles, often driving long distances for it. "By those who know the ropes liquor in more or less uncertain supply is to be had on the North Carolina line, either Bide of It, and then In the South Moqntair, country near Hickory you can always get liquor, provided, you go with the proper credentials. I suppose that even I could buy it up there if I would buy, us I would not be an officer up there. , 1 . "But the greater part of the booze that is being drunk about here is not whisky; it is either this ginger or other extracts or various concoctions that are sold as medicines." . . / A Jaunt Among the West Indies. Prof. R. J. Herndon, of Yorkvllle, has been taking a jaunt of several thousand miles to Cuba, Panama, along the northern coast of South America, among the West Indies. He returned to Yorkville last Friday afternoon, after having been gone a little more than a month, feeling that of the many similar trips he has taken in various quarters, this was one of the finest and most satisfactory. k "Yes, it was a splendid trip," said Mr. Herndon, when asked about it Saturday. "I feel that it was well worth the time tand expense. I saw many unusual sights, interesting people, and got a great deal of diversion and entertainment generally. "We. left New York on February' 21, on the Empress of Britain, one of the finest, cleanest and most beautiful ships 1 have ever seen and proceeded slowly dowp the coast to Havana. , After a stop of about two days there we went to Kingston, Jamaica, then to Panama, and from Panama to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, then to Port of Spain, Trinidad, taking in the asphalt lake; then to Bridgetown, Barbadoes; Fort de France and St, Pierre. Martinique; Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas: San Juan, Porto Rico, up to Hamilton, Bermuda and thence back to New York. 'It is hardly worth while to describe the different countries through which we passed, because while they are all tremendously interesting, they have been described so fully and so ofter that I could tell but little that Is new Of course it was worth while to see the Panama canal, the greatest engineering achievement that the worlc knows anything about. \Ve? wen across the country on the Pananu railroad, arjd we got a good impressior of all the sights. We saw a number o large vessels passing through the great Iqcks and we were powerfull: impressed with the u'onrtws of Vh< -A i thing. I was struck with the .fact that business seems to be pretty dull down in that country and although the p American canal employes are getting splendid pay compared with what they could get in the states, the feeling on the part of most of them seems to be , that they want to get back into the ? states. "The asphalt lake on the island of Trinidad. off the r.haat nf Venezuela ^ Is one of the natural wonders of the ' world, and It was very Interesting to i me; but to appreciate It you would have to see it. "Passing along the coast cf Martl1 nique we stopped at Pert de France, and saw the site of St. Pierre where 45,000 people were .overwhelmed by the , eruption of Mont Pelee some years ago. A few houses have been erected , on the place since; ,but as a whole the ruin is still complete. The mcun' tain continues to smoke ominously. "Negro boys diving for coins is a common .diversion to the passengers of all big passenger steamers passing through the West Indies. Whenever we approached a harbor, the negroes would come out to the ship in small , boats and banter us to drop coins into the water. All kinds of coins would climb to the bridge and dive divers would get them, generally before they reached the bottom. Also for a ' dollar some of the more expert divers would climb to the bridge and drive Into the water 60 feet below. These negroes are most wonderful divers and they make a lot of money at It?a lot , for them?because the passengers enJoy the sport and think it worth the price. Quite a pleasant Incident of the trip was when shortly after we reached , Charlotte Amalle, Island of St. Thomas, I received a message that a ladhad called to see me. Of course I was puzzled. Didn't anybody know me down there and I didn't know anybody. f It turned out, however, that the infotmatlon was coriect. I received a card on which was the name of Mrs. Lulie Turnipseed. Of course I followed the matter up and on making myself known found that the lady was the wife of Col. Turnipseed, the medical officer in charge of , quarantine. Mrs. Turnipseed turned out to be quite a delightful lady. She was formerly Miss Lulie Hunt, of Newberry, a graduate of Winthrop college, and explained that she had found me out from looking over the passenger list, and Was anxious to see somebody from South Carolina. I went on shore wflh' Mrs. Turnipseed and after offering refreshments at her home, she took me' in an antnmAKilA t V* rrvn rrV* thn fnttrn e*v\A the surrounding country. She is a very, bright, intelligent lady, and pointed out everything of interest. I do not know when I have had such a pleasant time. On leaving she gave me a letter for "Ben Hope," Mr. Stanhope Love, of Yorkville, and I am going to take it out to him Monday. "The island of St. Thomas, you know, is the principal island of the group that was formerly known as the Danish West Indies, only a few miles east of Porto Rico. These islands, you 8 remember, were recently purchased by the United States and Uncle Sam now has charge of them."' ? r PARCELS POST TOO CHEAP a a Government Carries Packages at Ex- t ponse of Other Mail. , i Responsibility for deficits incurred t by the postoffice department in the t handling of the mails is attributed \ largely to the parcel poet system, ac- t cording to data collected by the Joint I Postal Commission which has been I conducting a nation wide investiga- t tion into the cost of the handling of t all classes of mall matter. Conclus- t ions of the commission are to be incorporated in a report to be submitted ? to congress next fall, after further in- 1 vestigations have been completed, it < was announced a few days ago. 1 Members of the commission and officials of the postoffice department 8 declare the parcel post to be Indispensable to the country but assert that some system should be devised to establish it on a paying basis. The commission has not yet determined finally, it was said, to what extent the postal deficit is attributable to the parcel post, but the fact that its operation had made inroads Into postal appropriations had caused concern for some time, officials said. The joint commission, created by congress to investigate postal conditions throughout the country with a view to suggesting and recommending needed improvements and extensions of service, had held hearings in various cities, i principally at congested postal centers like Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. It had been found, it was ex. plained, that conditions in New York . and Philadelphia, especially, were most > unsatisfactory and should be strength thened considerably if a fair standard of efficiency was to be maintained. Rush B. Simmons, chief postoffice i inspector, representing the postoffice I department on the commission, said : the fact that the parcel post system i had been found to be paying expenses . was no surprise, as it had been genj erally conceded for some time that something should be done to put that 1 branch of the service on a sound basis, t What recommendations the commisi sion will make to congress in its rei port could not be forecast at this time, f the member said. ' ?A good loser Is a man who admits * I it, but refuses to stay lost. - ? - - J i % 1 NEW LAWS FOR YORK Some Acts Amendatory te Existing Acts. NO MORE CHAINS ON HEAVY TRUCKS Yorkville School District Funds to Be Administered by Chairman and Secretary?Town of York Authorised to Subscribe to Building ana Loan 8tock. The following laws of special interest in York county were enacted at the last session of the general assembly at the instance of the York delegation: Amending Yorkville School District Charter. i An Act?To Amend an Act Entitled i "An Act to Create the School District of. Yorkville, in York County, 1 and to Enable It to Organize a Sys- 1 tern of Free Schools, and to Levy a i Tax In Support of the Same, and to i Purchase and Hold Property," Ap- < proved December 22nd, 1888, affd Subsequent Acts Amendatory There- l of. To Provide for the Election of a ( Board of Trustees and Custody and nuki.Mflwsnt A# Cnhrvil 1 JL/IOUUlOVIUVUv \JM. mvuvw. ? Be It enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That section 3 of an act entitled "An act to create the school Jiatrict of Yorkville, In York county, sind to enable It to organize a system at free schools, and to levy a tax In lupport of the same, and to purchase ind hold property, approved December 22nd, 1888, and the same section 3 is amended by act of February 1st, 1901, be stricken out and in lieu there>f the following be Inserted, to be desgaated as section 3, to wit: Sec. 3. That the present board of trustees shall continue in office until choir successors are elected and have jualifled, and the term of service of its present members shall remain unchanged; that at each regular municpal election fbr York the qualified doctors thereof shall elect two discreet persons, residents of York, to Kcrve as members of the board of trusees, which board shall consist of eight members; that in those years in which 10 municipal election is held in York, i special election for two members of laid board shall be held on the last j ruesday in May, under the direction md supervision of the town council of fork, to be conducted in the same nanner as if a municipal election were >eing held; that the terms of service >f the several members of the board ihall be four years, and until their reipectiv? successors are elected and jualifled. That the board shall organ- e re after each annual election by elect- ( ??r one nf thoir nnmher chairman, one t "ft w ?? $ce-chairman, and. one secretary and ?] reasurer, and bo constituted It shall ( >e known as the board of trustees of r he Yorkvllle school district; Provided, g That all the members of the beard are u 0 serve without compensation except t he secretary and treasurer, whose com- g >ensation may be' fixed by the board e ind paid out of regulrr school funds, ind he shall furnish bond in such sum t is may be provided for by said board, i ^nd whenever a vacancy shall occur 8 n said board, by death, resignation, re- t noval or otherwise, and the board r ihall so certify to the mayor of York, $ 1 special election, upon not less than r en days* public notice, shall be held, ^ inder the direction and supervision of 8 he town council of York, for a mem- v >er or members to fill the vacancy or ( 'acancies, the newly elected members ^ o service for the unexpired terms; j 'rovided, That the election of mem>ers to fill vacancies may be held at r he time of the annual election, if the e racancy occur within four months next >efore the time for annual election. Sec. 2. . That section 6 of the i laid act (approved December 22nd, .888) be stricken out and in lieu thcre>f the following be inserted, to be desgnated as section 6, to wit: See. 6. That all moneys assessed ind collected for school purposes shall )e paid out by the county treasurer for lalaries and other school purposes to , he treasurer of said school district lpon the warrant of the chairman and ( lecretary of the board of trustees. And ( ill school money arising from the cap- t tation tax upon the polls in said ( ichool district, as well as from the f institutional school tax, or from any ? ind all other public sources appllca- ( nlo tr? anIri distrirt. shall be Daid out i t?y the said county treasurer in like manner and upon like warrant. That the moneys coming into the hands of the treasurer of said school district shall be paid out on warrant of the secretary countersigned by the chairman of the board of trustees of said school district. Approved February 25, 1922. To Financo Town Hall. An Act?To Authorize the Town Council of the Town of York, in this ' State, for and in Behalf of the Town of York, and in its Name, to Subscribe for Shares in any Building and Loan Association, Incorporated by and Doing Business in this State, not Exceeding in their Aggregate Fafo Value the Sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars, and to Pledge the Certificate of Stock and In Mnrtcniro the I.of unon which the Council Has Built a Town Hall, to the Association, to Secure the Asso- ; ciation, and to tnus Obtain a Loan of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars from the Association, with which , to Retire the Temporary Loans with which the Town Hall was Built, the Loan to bo Obtained to bo uscdSolo? * ly for the Purpose of Retiring' Temporary Loans. Whereas, The Town Council of the town of York, in this state, did effect temporary loans for the town, aggregating fifteen thousand $15,000.00) dollars, and therewith did build a town hall upon a lot owned by the town; i and Whereas, The town council can effect for the town a loan from a building and loan association, incorporated by and doing business in this state, of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars, if legislative authority bo given to the town council, for and in behalf of the said town, and in its name, 10 subscribe for shares in the capital stock of such association, aggregating < fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars, i and to pledge the stock and to mort- i gage the lot r"d town hall thereon to the association to secure the payment of the loan and. Interest thereon at seven (7%) per cent, the stock to be surrendered when It matures, after the manner in which such associations conduct their business. Now, therefore, be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina: Section 1. That the town council of the town of York, in this state, for and In behalf of the town of York, and in its name, is hereby authorised to subscribe for shares cf any building and loan association, incorporated by and doing business in this state, not exceeding in'their aggregate face value the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) lollars, and to pledge the oertflcates of itock, and to mortgage to the building ind loan association from which it oboJna tho fTftppn thousand til5.000.001 lollar loan, to secure the association, the. lot and town hall built thereon with the temporary loans that the said town council effected, the rate of interest not to exceed seven (7%) per :ent per annum, and the certificate of itock tp be 'surrendered in settlement )f indebtedness, when It matures, aftsr the manner In which the building ind loan associations conduct their luslness?the loin thus effected to be jsed solely for the purpose of retiring he temporary loans with which the own hall was built. Approved February 3, 1922. To Regulate Truck Traffic, tn Act?to Amend an Act entitled "An Act to Regulate the Use of Trucks upon the Highways of York County," approved the day of February, 1921, Prohfbrttng* the Use of Chains on Trucks, so as to Include Cherokee and Pickens Counties in the Provisions thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted by the genral assembly of the state of South Carolina: Amend Sec. 1 of an act cn; itled, "An Ao* to'Regulate the Use of [ rucks upon the Highway of York bounty," approved the 26th day of Febuary, 1921, by striking out all of said ection following the word "chains," on tlin.AAf nn^ tnivb)*tlnrr I n 1 ix.ll ^ IIIV DCYCIfc lllCiOUl auu lltovi Ving IM I>vu hereof the words "upon its wheels," >o that said section, when so amendd, shall read i s follows: Section J. Hereafter, no truck used ipon the highways within the counies of Cherokee, Pickens and York hall be loaded ^to a capacity of more han seven thousand (7,000) pounds, tor shall any such truck, loaded, be Iriven at a greater speed than fifteen nlles per hour, nor shall any such ruck be driven upon the highways of aid o unties with any chains upon its vheels. Nor shall any truck weighing including its load) three tons or more, ?e used upon the highways while said lighways are wet or soft from rain. Sec. This act shall take effect imnediately upon its approval by the rovernor. Fort Mill Township Commissioners. Vn Act?To Amend "Section 12 of an Act Entitled, "An Act Relating to the System of Government for York County Townships," approved March 12, 1920, by Devolving the Ddties and Responsibilities of the Township Highway Commission Upon the Former Fort Mill Township Highway Commission. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina: That Sec. 12 of an act enitled, "An Act Relative to the System >f Government for York County Townships," approved March 12, 1920, be imended by adding at the end thereof he following proviso: "Provided, That .he provisions of this section shall not ipply to Fort Mill township In York ;ounty. In said township the powers, lutles and responsibilities now devolv:d upon the township highway comnission shall, after the approval of this ict, be exercioed by and devolved upon the former Fort Mill township tighway commission composed of J. J. Bailes, W. M. White and James Eppes, who shall serve until the 31st day of January, 1923, and until their successors shall have been appointed by the jovernor upon the recommendation of ihe legislative delegation in Yorkcoun:y," so that said section, when so intended, shall read as follows: Section 12. In case of any township that has heretofore issued bonds by an ict to enable townships in York ctuu- , ty to issue bonds for roads, appro zed the 11th day of March A. D. 1019, c may hereafter issue bonds for roads,, . the township highway commission ( provided for by said act shall consti- ( tutc and exercise all the powers and ( duties of the township commissioners ( provided for by this act: Provided, , That the provisions of this section ' shall not apply to Fort Mill township ( (.Continued cm Ptvge fllx.) CUSTER'S; LAST FlfiHT New Story of a Famous Battle oa the Little Big Horn. VERSION OF INDIAN PARTICIPANT ' i it Statement Disagrees With Nannetivs of White Man?Flying Hawk Claims that it was a Fair Fight and thatths Soldiers Were Thoroughly Frightened Of the hundreds of fights that marked the era of warfare between the whites and the aborigines In the course of our "Winning the Weet," that which Btands out most distinctly In the memory of men still living: nnd in the more or less veracious chronicles that form , the basis of thousands of tales of wild adventure is the battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. Particular pathos was given to this event (described by the whites as a "massacre" and by the Indians as a "battle") by the death of one of ,the most lashing and romantic of cavalry leaders, General George A. Custer, himself the hero of a hundred fights and idolized by the army and the frontiersmen of his time for his picturesque and charming personality, his valor , and bis soldierly qualities. In the galaxy that included General 'Nelson A. Miles, Phil Sheridan, Buffalo Bill and | Pawnee Bill, Custer was a bright and | sinning 0icu , i In connection with the celebration jf the forty-fifth anniversary of the battle last June, when a monument rn bonor of General Custer was unveiled in its site, several narratives of surviving witnesses of the fight have appeared in the magazines and newspapers. It is hardly strange, in idew if the fact that Custer and all his men ?all the actual participants on the jlde of the American troops?were tilled, that these narratives should be nmany instances cloudy and convicting. The writers saw the action 'rom a safe distance and in the con'uslon and excitement of thcj occasion, t is scarcely to be expected that they :ould have noted the incidents of the lattle with any degree of accuracy, o say nothing of- the allowance to be nade for the faults of memory in the r.pse of 45 years. Most of these accounts, indeed, are made up front oblervatlon of circumstantial evidence ifter the battle was-over.' All of thenr ire written by white men. Moreover, he fact that Indian fighting was not :arried on with the nioe regard for lystem, design and carefully plotted ilan taught at West Point and pracJced by the Civil War veterans of hat day, makes it reasonable to aslume that these reports could possi)ly be in agreement or entitled to any ligh degree of authenticity. For the first time, the actual story if the battle of the Little Bi~ Horn is vow given to. the public from the itandpoint of the Indian. , In regard o this particular fight as in regard o the major events of the centuryong strife on the American frontier, American history is practically silent is to the Indian's side of the story. Some day the whole sanguinary tale vill be told impartially. And when it s told, the reputation of the Indian via pernaps emerge, it not uniarnisn- | id, at least a bit less Mack than It has ] >een painted. It is the old story of the | lifferenCe it makes whose ox is go"ed. j rust now we are learning how much i t matters whether the story of a war j s told by victor or vanquished in regard to the greatest of all wars, a war | hat involved much of the world. i Custer of the Seventh Cavalry, dl- ' rid- s forces to the north and south < )f the junction of the Big Horn with he Little Big Horn , and with Ave ] iompanies; containing 208 men, dashed ] it th* center of the Sioux position, < vhose strength he had underestimated, i tie was pushed back, completely sur- . ounded, and his command killed to a < nan. When two days later Captains Jibbon and Terry came upon ,the i iloody scene and wired tHelr report ( ;o Washington it is little wonder that ( he country v/as thrilled with the hor- , or of the story. { It is to be noted that in the accept- ] ;d historical records, the killing of ] duster and his troops looms large even | .o this day while comparatively no ] nention is made of our violation of \ he Black Hills Treaty which led up ( o the Indian insurrection of which | he Custer massacre was an incident. ( !)nc must search carefully to And men- ( Lion of the fact that Coster and his , command killed moro than 100 Indians , in an engagement at Washita that i preceded the Little Big Horn fight. 4 Possibly this Washita incident is re- < yarded by the Indians much as we nave all along regarded the later fight f ?as a "butchery" and a "ma?a:icre." For the sake of the sharp light of | contrast, let me cite briefly the ac- ( ^epted historical version of the san- . quinary struggle in which Custer was ] killed before coining to the version related to me by an Indian participant ( still surviving among tho nation's i wards en the Sioux reservation inNorth Dakota. I The Indian outbreak followed for the i violated treaty that robbed them of j their lands. In the Big Horn attack, ; DucJer's plan was to convergo upon : the hostiles in three columns, Gibbon . from the west, Cook from the south j ind Terry from the east. Terry's di- i vision Included the famous Seventh | Cavalry under Custer, 600 strong. In Advancing from the south, Cook was >. ... I hindered by repeated attacks and delayed; Terry moved up the Yellowstone as far as the Rosebud, where he made a fortified camp. Cueter moved J around to the south and up the Rosebud to drive the Indians down the Big Horn Into Are of the larger force that wan to march up stream; he sent || Reno with seven companies across the Big Horn to descend It and attack from the west Before he could do this, he was himself attacked and held on the defensive for 24 hours. Custer, with the remaining five companies, came upon the Sioux camp and without hesitation charged the Indians. The particulars of the fight can never be clearly known, for evety white man engaged was killed. It was all over ? In 20 minutes. Curley, Custer's scout, wrapped himself in a Sioux blanket and alone escaped. Our history contln-ie-s: 'Gibbon and ^ Terry, ascending, the Big Horn, came upon the bodies of Custer and his com- ^ panions two days after the massacre. c] Custer had been shot in the left tern81 pie, and his was the only body that was not mutilated." It ,was found that ^ the Seventh Cavalry lost 261 killed Q and 62 wounded, Terry having lost 5J ^ killed, escaping the fate of Custer's . ? force by retreat to the west bank. w Recently there appeared the story c] of a survivor who pays: "I was in the Q] fight on the Little Big Horn from start f, to finish, saw the first man fall by my side and .lived through the two days' ^ battle to help bury General Custer and g his gallant men." Continuing, he describes the finding of the bodies: "The w bodies of Custer and the men trapped a] with him were in an Indiscriminate h heap. The Indians had stripped every Ci private in the ranks, every officer save tl one, Custer. They .had scalped every tl nan except the general. Custer's body <y had been lifted from the heap and laid to one side, a handkerchief spread pver w hie face. A knife had been inserted tr, Jeftly under the lower rib and the s< heart extracted. We found it set up w oh Custer's breast, a silent testimonial tl of the completed vengeance of the ai 3ioux chief. Some time after the bat- d' tie, .when I talked to Raln-in-the-Face, bl tie told me that he had vowed to General Custer that he would some day is out out his heart, and that he left it h on the battle field as his boast that he a had carried out his threat" , w Properly to understand this Incident ti of the heart-cutting, we shall revert tl igaln to history and quote another 1* line or tvia': "Chief GStf %a* leAdST in c he massacre. Raln-in-the-Face was * the Sioux chief who killed Dr. Hulsinger and Mr. Bolliran In 1873 on the ttosebud. These men had fallen be- ie ilnd Custer and his command, and ei were found dead with no traces of ^ ;heir slayers. Some months later, r< Rain-in-the Face told of tho killing', In Ml :he hearing of Reynolds, one of Cus- 'n cr's scouts, who reported it to the n general who arrested Rain-in-the- ?' Face and locked him in the guard- Cl louse but he escaped." It was this ar- P rest that Inflamed Rain-in-the-Face n ind' his friends, among whom the n learest and best loved is none other ? :han the author of the statement herenafter quoted?Chief Flying Hawk, pi who was with him throughout these :ampaigns, was present in the 1873 in:ident and during his arrest and con- ,n inement, and took a prominent part * n the massacre under Rain-in-theFace's leadership. But here again it " s necessary to call' up some history ? ind try to understand the Indian's viewpoint and the cause and manner ind the arrest. . The Sioux and Cheyenne country included the Black Hills, where gold W was discovered in 18f4; it was on their ^ 'reservation"; they had been driven jut into this bleak and supposedly ^ valueless land, just as they always cj tial been, and herded together like so Q many wild animals, and like animals, n were supposedly fed and clothed by h( the government in this "reservation" jet apart and scarcely proclaimed by solemn treaty to be their forever. ? It was under these conditions ard ^ yhile facing starvation, that Rain-In- t| the-Face wandered from, the reservation to hunt along with others. This, tj with the blame for killing Hulzinger w md Balliran, furnished an excuse for q his arrest and' inhuman confinement. e It was then that he made the threat 0 that some day he would cut out the heart of General Custer.' It is believed that failing to "convict" the chief in a :o.urt-martlal proceeding, the general ^ issued orders to his jailers to remain off duty while ,Rain-in-the-Face "esBaped" from the guardhouse. He had not "murdered" Hulzinger and Ralli- g ran, for it waa in "war" that they met ! their death. So that the Indian had d el "grudge" that, from his viewpoint, g( was entirely natural and fully justified. p It was with this feeling of great per- B sonal injury and humiliation that he v went into the Custer fight on that e beautiful June day in 1876, and if we t] are to believe the statement of the white survivor quoted, he made good his threat at last. 0 But we are yet to hear from the old chief who knows most about it, 0 the man who was the best friend of v Rain-in-the-Face and who was with h him in the light and saw what occurred tl there. It is the story of a victor and a Is told in the same manner and with ti the same indifference that the white man tells, in our history' of the fight c at Washita. Flying Hawk was born . In the Black Hills; it was his home u that the whites had invaded; it was "< his gold they took in violation of law u (Continued on Pago Six.) k . . J-., CONTROL OF MY FEVER ' " ,, - ? J ' 0 ' V .V V ) -T ^ ,J_. clence las Salved the Bjslerjf at ALADY YIELDS TO SEBOH TiEATIEHT ; - : t Is Definitely Settled Tfnt Various Grass and Weed Pollen ConetituU Principal Sources of Irritation; Bat Different Pollens Differently Affect Different People. Frederick J. Hasklfi. * Hay fever victims of Washington are a aJclng time by the forelock this see- y on. A hay fever prevention clinic baa een opened at the Women's Welfltte ssociatlon, and working women who sgularly sneese through a part of the ear are looking forward to a sneese>ss summer.*' \ j The time to tackle bay fever, accordig to the specialist In charge of the tinlc, is before the appointed time for neeslng arrives. Some sneesers are t their worst In August and Septemer, when pollen from ragweed and ther late blooming plants is being town about on the wind. Other hay sverltes are attacked early and are nil a era In Ktt Tlllv i1n? iWltMnt at the tnic begins to sneeze about/the first f May, probably because of the pollen om early grasses. It .Is the aim of tie clinic doctor to immunise the paent now before the deadly pollens bein to do their wotfc. ' - The doctor at the clinic sits at a hlte table with, boxes filled with rows id rows of small bottles before him. :e listens carefully to the history,of.a u?e, and notes what time of ties year le patient begins sneesing andvsif iere are any clues, as to the exact tuse. Then he chooses from bis Wiction of bottles some eighteen fitted 1th pollens and other irritants which dght throw light on the esse, sleeted for the test are the usual eed pollens that are distribute^ at the me of the year when the patient Js Tec ted. Grass and tree pollens, jjhs octor explains, are most often res perie for hay fe^er attacks in the spring. In the late iumuer and fall rnfW^M i the worst offender. More ca sestet ay fever are due to rdgwetxlthai, to ny other plant ,The pollen of. eed Is so light and fine fha^ & wind nveMng 20 miles an hour will c|Vry i? grains five miles. '"Thus the pdBea ' ^Sj i brought Into city streets flrom*e^rtnt'l?#<y&^roto, ty&fyfr M<! Golden rod Myth exploded. I. .'At IhnInAmrf In uviuciiivu *o mtv* .m wgm cted assortment of irritants. Goldurod pollen la heavy and Is not M& !ed by the wlnil Both goldenro<i;ati<! >9cs are regarded'by scientists aaMfrible factors in producing hay fWR' i spite of the poptikr theory jMtyl,' takes these two fTowera prime cause* t bay fever attack*. Unless a patient omes in close contact with these lants, the pollen of which Is diasMnU' a ated by insects, Uie Clinic doctor dote ot try the pollen as 4 possible cause f the disease. ^ , Along with a dosen weed and grass aliens the doctor lag* out vikls contlnlng other possible causes of hay ver. The labels OH these are surprlsg. We are accustomed to calling1 all*, arts of seasonal asthmatic and sneesg attacks by the term hay fever, hether ragweed or timothy or *onie * ther plant la the exoiting cause. But is strange to think of hay fever^a* elng due to* cat hairs, fur, chicken sathers, rice powder, orris or horse ander. Yet these are the labels on ame of the bottles ehbsep for the test. It is only in a comparatively few istances that hajr fever Is traced to iese unusual Irritants. The feather* l a pillow case have been known to luse attacks, drains of orris in face r tooth powder, or even the orgahic latter of a fur neokpiece may, ifin- ' aled by a highly sensitive nose, ?e the rclting agent of a hay fever case. The doctor arranges his * attles. The atient bares one arm to the elbow. ' he nurse cleanses it with alcohol, and he test begins. Eighteen drops of an alkaline solunn am ?inr>?d nlnnir the arm. and then 1th & sterilized needle the doctor uickly. makes a light scratch, not deep nough to draw blood, where eagh drop f liquid is. A tiny sample of one icted Irritant is thdn added to each of ie eighteen drops, and the patient set* les down for twenty minutes to wait w the skin to. react. ; i Action on the Skin. At the end of twenty minutes til? rm tells an interesting story to' peclallst. Some of the extracts haVe ntered their scratches without aiiy isturbing effect. Other pollens ha^e et the skin itching in protest, ink welts have risen around these cratches. These ate the agentW' Co rhich the patient is sensitive. This nds act on?rof the drama eo far M hat patient :1s concerned.' '' .. _ The next time she visits the coplc, ne doctor proceeds to make-more ithfa f scratches ahd to apply to them urent strength solutions of the poiietx * r other matter which seems to be (lie rorst irritant. On his card telling tfib istory of the case he carefully draws he outline of the little ,w?fts which re produce^'1>y the disturbing ' agree ts. At each visit thl patient has nf wnlta an ah# hM4mM ae. ustomed to stronger solutions. ' The reaction may be understood, faefc?r by compering it to the way in which dope'' gradually fails to take effect nleja larger and larger doees are tak(Continued on rag? Eight)